New Line has won the bidding war for a remake of "Escape From New York," with "300" star Gerard Butler attached and Neal Moritz producing through his Original Films banner. Minimajor closed the deal Thursday, three days after CAA began shopping the package to studios...

New Line Cinema has gotten the keys to the new "Escape From New York." The remake of the cult John Carpenter movie, being produced by Neal Moritz with Gerard Butler attached to star as Snake Plissken, hit the town this week and had several studios trying to capture...

Sheesh--yet another remake of a John Carpenter classic is on the way--this time, it's his 1981 s.f. actioner "Escape From New York" (which was actually shot in St. Louis and in Carpenter's garage at his home in L.A.), which is a great film I can pretty much watch...

'300' star Gerard Butler may play Snake Plissken in a remake of 'Escape from New York.' Newly minted action hero Gerard Butler may step into Kurt Russell's boots; Eddie Murphy plays a gunslinger; Naomi Watts talks to the animals and more in ET Movie News! GERARD...

[b Hollywood has a new action star, and his name is Gerard Butler.[/b After the huge success of “300,” Butler appears to have become a viable star — which we already knew, didn’t we? Wasting no time, Variety reports that CAA has attached Butler to a remake they’re...

[b It is now official: Gerard Butler is the world's premier kicker of ass.[/b His band might be doomed in 300, but they whoop a lot of bottom on the way armed only with leather pants and a lot of facial hair; and the US box office frankly didn't stand a chance in the...

I am now certain that John Carpenter made a Pact With the Devil. With this evil bargain Carpenter gained an awesome career making classic after classic in the 70s and 80s. Satan, on the other hand, gained remake rights to all of these classics, which he is now selling...

Uber-agency CAA has begun shopping a package around Hollywood’s studios. For those not familiar with the Variety lingo, a “package” is a movie project with famous names already attached, all of them clients of whatever agency is doing the shopping. This one happens to...

THIS IS BUTLER! Unbelieveable news here, and this could be either a complete triumph or disaster, but Gerard Butler could be starring in a remake of the classic John Carpenter film Escape From New York and playing the superb character of Snake Plissken made famous by...

This is how I find out they’re remaking Escape From New York, with an announcement that King Leonidas (or the Phantom of the Opera, depending on how non-charitable you’re being) is going to take on the ultimate badass role that Kurt Russell originated in the 1981...

Gerard Butler has signed on to star in the remake of John Carpenter's 1981 action Escape From New York for producer Neal Moritz; no studio is attached. Ken Nolan is writing the screenplay; Butler would play Snake Plissken, the one-eyed convict who's charged with...

Hot off the socko bow of "300" this past weekend, star Gerard Butler is at the center of a package that CAA began shopping Monday for a remake of John Carpenter's 1981 actioner "Escape From New York." Neal Moritz is attached to produce, with "Black Hawk Down" scribe...